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uses

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'exercises' is the definition.
(to exercise something can mean to use it)

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(Other definitions for uses that I've seen before include "Purposes; consumes" , "Puts to a particular purpose" , "deployments" , "manipulates" , "Functions, applications" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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